Associate Director, Procurement - US Commercial & Medical
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We should include Pay if present. The posting includes "Expected Pay Range: $146,300 / year to $234,100 / year + benefits, annual bonus & equity". So we should have a Pay section. Benefits section also separate. Could combine but better separate as per headings list.
Schedule: Not mentioned besides full time. Could we create Schedule section? The posting says "full time". That's schedule info. Should we include Schedule section? The rule: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. "full time" is specific. So we can include Schedule section with that.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Not needed.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose use
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We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract content.
About the role paragraph: "The Associate Director, Commercial & Medical (US Local Support) is a strategic procurement and business partner responsible for enabling US Commercial and Medical activities through effective supplier management and sourcing execution. The role operates within global procurement strategies, frameworks, and governance models, ensuring that local execution in the US is fully aligned with global guidelines while addressing market-specific needs. It drives value, compliance, and consistency across Marketing, Market Access, Commercial Services, and Medical Affairs."
We should not repeat the job title as heading, but we can keep the description.
Responsibilities (Your contribution): It lists several bullet-like sentences but not formatted as list. We can convert to
- . The text:
"Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks)
Act as primary procurement partner for US Commercial and Medical stakeholders
Translate global category strategies and guidelines into effective local execution
Provide strategic input to ensure US requirements are reflected in global approaches
Support delivery across:
Commercial: Marketing, Communications, Events, Market Research & Data
Market Access & Commercial Services: Pricing, HEOR, external sales force, commercialization strategy
Medical Affairs: medical information, advisory boards, medical writing and patient engagement
Execution of Sourcing Strategies (Global-to-Local)
Execute sourcing activities in alignment with global category strategies and preferred supplier frameworks
Lead local RFPs, negotiations, and contracting within defined governance
Ensure consistent application of global tools, templates, and processes
Identify and escalate gaps between global strategies and local business needs
Supplier Management, Governance & Value Delivery
Manage the US supplier landscape in alignment with global supplier strategies, preferred vendor models and category objectives
Apply global procurement policies, governance frameworks, KPIs and performance management standards consistently in local execution
Ensure compliance with US healthcare requirements and maintain audit-ready documentation aligned with global standards
Drive supplier consolidation, standardization, innovation and continuous improvement in collaboration with global category teams
Deliver cost savings and value creation in line with global targets, supported by spend transparency, benchmarks, data and analytics
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, risk mitigation and overall supplier performance"
We need to keep all that. Could treat each line as list item. Some lines have colons and sublists. We could keep as plain text within
- . Might be okay.
Requirements/Qualifications (A good match): "Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
A minimum of 6 years’ experience in Procurement, Commercial or Medical support functions (Life Sciences preferred)
Strong understanding of US market combined with experience in global operating models
Proven ability to work in matrix organizations and balance global vs. local priorities"
We can make list.
Benefits: list of benefits from "Benefits include but are not limited to:" then list items. We'll extract each benefit line.
Pay: "Expected Pay Range: $146,300 / year to $234,100 / year + benefits, annual bonus & equity (bonus and equity is variable and dependent on company and individual performance). Compensation for the role will depend on several factors, including responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities."
We can put that as prose
.
Schedule: "full time" maybe also location New Jersey, US. Could include location in schedule? Not needed. We'll just put Schedule: full time.
We also have location info: "New Jersey, US | full time | Job ID: 11779". Job ID we drop per instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we could include a short
with location and employment type maybe. But we already have Schedule section for full time. Location maybe we can include in a short
under About the role? But we might drop it as minor metadata. However location is substantive? The job location is New Jersey, US. Might be worth preserving. Could include a
at top: "Location: New Jersey, US". Not a heading. That's okay.
We must not include application instructions, background check, etc.
Now construct HTML.
Structure:
Location: New Jersey, US
About the role
The Associate Director, Commercial & Medical (US Local Support) is a strategic procurement and business partner responsible for enabling US Commercial and Medical activities through effective supplier management and sourcing execution. The role operates within global procurement strategies, frameworks, and governance models, ensuring that local execution in the US is fully aligned with global guidelines while addressing market-specific needs. It drives value, compliance, and consistency across Marketing, Market Access, Commercial Services, and Medical Affairs.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks)
- Act as primary procurement partner for US Commercial and Medical stakeholders
- Translate global category strategies and guidelines into effective local execution
- Provide strategic input to ensure US requirements are reflected in global approaches
- Support delivery across:
- Commercial: Marketing, Communications, Events, Market Research & Data
- Market Access & Commercial Services: Pricing, HEOR, external sales force, commercialization strategy
- Medical Affairs: medical information, advisory boards, medical writing and patient engagement
- Execution of Sourcing Strategies (Global-to-Local)
- Execute sourcing activities in alignment with global category strategies and preferred supplier frameworks
- Lead local RFPs, negotiations, and contracting within defined governance
- Ensure consistent application of global tools, templates, and processes
- Identify and escalate gaps between global strategies and local business needs
- Supplier Management, Governance & Value Delivery
- Manage the US supplier landscape in alignment with global supplier strategies, preferred vendor models and category objectives
- Apply global procurement policies, governance frameworks, KPIs and performance management standards consistently in local execution
- Ensure compliance with US healthcare requirements and maintain audit-ready documentation aligned with global standards
- Drive supplier consolidation, standardization, innovation and continuous improvement in collaboration with global category teams
- Deliver cost savings and value creation in line with global targets, supported by spend transparency, benchmarks, data and analytics
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, risk mitigation and overall supplier performance
But nesting lists may be okay. However rule: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It didn't forbid nested lists. Could keep simple flat list with each bullet as a line. Simpler: just each line as
- . Might lose some structure but still preserve info. Let's do flat list for simplicity.
Thus:
Responsibilities
- Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks)
- Act as primary procurement partner for US Commercial and Medical stakeholders
- Translate global category strategies and guidelines into effective local execution
- Provide strategic input to ensure US requirements are reflected in global approaches
- Support delivery across:
- Commercial: Marketing, Communications, Events, Market Research & Data
- Market Access & Commercial Services: Pricing, HEOR, external sales force, commercialization strategy
- Medical Affairs: medical information, advisory boards, medical writing and patient engagement
- Execution of Sourcing Strategies (Global-to-Local)
- Execute sourcing activities in alignment with global category strategies and preferred supplier frameworks
- Lead local RFPs, negotiations, and contracting within defined governance
- Ensure consistent application of global tools, templates, and processes
- Identify and escalate gaps between global strategies and local business needs
- Supplier Management, Governance & Value Delivery
- Manage the US supplier landscape in alignment with global supplier strategies, preferred vendor models and category objectives
- Apply global procurement policies, governance frameworks, KPIs and performance management standards consistently in local execution
- Ensure compliance with US healthcare requirements and maintain audit-ready documentation aligned with global standards
- Drive supplier consolidation, standardization, innovation and continuous improvement in collaboration with global category teams
- Deliver cost savings and value creation in line with global targets, supported by spend transparency, benchmarks, data and analytics
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, risk mitigation and overall supplier performance
But we have duplicated headings inside list items (like "Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks)") which is okay as list item.
Now Requirements:
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
- A minimum of 6 years’ experience in Procurement, Commercial or Medical support functions (Life Sciences preferred)
- Strong understanding of US market combined with experience in global operating models
- Proven ability to work in matrix organizations and balance global vs. local priorities
Pay:
Pay
Expected Pay Range: $146,300 / year to $234,100 / year + benefits
. We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract content. About the role paragraph: "The Associate Director, Commercial & Medical (US Local Support) is a strategic procurement and business partner responsible for enabling US Commercial and Medical activities through effective supplier management and sourcing execution. The role operates within global procurement strategies, frameworks, and governance models, ensuring that local execution in the US is fully aligned with global guidelines while addressing market-specific needs. It drives value, compliance, and consistency across Marketing, Market Access, Commercial Services, and Medical Affairs." We should not repeat the job title as heading, but we can keep the description. Responsibilities (Your contribution): It lists several bullet-like sentences but not formatted as list. We can convert to
- . The text: "Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks) Act as primary procurement partner for US Commercial and Medical stakeholders Translate global category strategies and guidelines into effective local execution Provide strategic input to ensure US requirements are reflected in global approaches Support delivery across: Commercial: Marketing, Communications, Events, Market Research & Data Market Access & Commercial Services: Pricing, HEOR, external sales force, commercialization strategy Medical Affairs: medical information, advisory boards, medical writing and patient engagement Execution of Sourcing Strategies (Global-to-Local) Execute sourcing activities in alignment with global category strategies and preferred supplier frameworks Lead local RFPs, negotiations, and contracting within defined governance Ensure consistent application of global tools, templates, and processes Identify and escalate gaps between global strategies and local business needs Supplier Management, Governance & Value Delivery Manage the US supplier landscape in alignment with global supplier strategies, preferred vendor models and category objectives Apply global procurement policies, governance frameworks, KPIs and performance management standards consistently in local execution Ensure compliance with US healthcare requirements and maintain audit-ready documentation aligned with global standards Drive supplier consolidation, standardization, innovation and continuous improvement in collaboration with global category teams Deliver cost savings and value creation in line with global targets, supported by spend transparency, benchmarks, data and analytics Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, risk mitigation and overall supplier performance" We need to keep all that. Could treat each line as list item. Some lines have colons and sublists. We could keep as plain text within
- . Might be okay.
Requirements/Qualifications (A good match): "Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
A minimum of 6 years’ experience in Procurement, Commercial or Medical support functions (Life Sciences preferred)
Strong understanding of US market combined with experience in global operating models
Proven ability to work in matrix organizations and balance global vs. local priorities"
We can make list.
Benefits: list of benefits from "Benefits include but are not limited to:" then list items. We'll extract each benefit line.
Pay: "Expected Pay Range: $146,300 / year to $234,100 / year + benefits, annual bonus & equity (bonus and equity is variable and dependent on company and individual performance). Compensation for the role will depend on several factors, including responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities."
We can put that as prose
. Schedule: "full time" maybe also location New Jersey, US. Could include location in schedule? Not needed. We'll just put Schedule: full time. We also have location info: "New Jersey, US | full time | Job ID: 11779". Job ID we drop per instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we could include a short
with location and employment type maybe. But we already have Schedule section for full time. Location maybe we can include in a short
under About the role? But we might drop it as minor metadata. However location is substantive? The job location is New Jersey, US. Might be worth preserving. Could include a
at top: "Location: New Jersey, US". Not a heading. That's okay. We must not include application instructions, background check, etc. Now construct HTML. Structure:
Location: New Jersey, US
About the role
The Associate Director, Commercial & Medical (US Local Support) is a strategic procurement and business partner responsible for enabling US Commercial and Medical activities through effective supplier management and sourcing execution. The role operates within global procurement strategies, frameworks, and governance models, ensuring that local execution in the US is fully aligned with global guidelines while addressing market-specific needs. It drives value, compliance, and consistency across Marketing, Market Access, Commercial Services, and Medical Affairs.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks)
- Act as primary procurement partner for US Commercial and Medical stakeholders
- Translate global category strategies and guidelines into effective local execution
- Provide strategic input to ensure US requirements are reflected in global approaches
- Support delivery across:
- Commercial: Marketing, Communications, Events, Market Research & Data
- Market Access & Commercial Services: Pricing, HEOR, external sales force, commercialization strategy
- Medical Affairs: medical information, advisory boards, medical writing and patient engagement
- Execution of Sourcing Strategies (Global-to-Local)
- Execute sourcing activities in alignment with global category strategies and preferred supplier frameworks
- Lead local RFPs, negotiations, and contracting within defined governance
- Ensure consistent application of global tools, templates, and processes
- Identify and escalate gaps between global strategies and local business needs
- Supplier Management, Governance & Value Delivery
- Manage the US supplier landscape in alignment with global supplier strategies, preferred vendor models and category objectives
- Apply global procurement policies, governance frameworks, KPIs and performance management standards consistently in local execution
- Ensure compliance with US healthcare requirements and maintain audit-ready documentation aligned with global standards
- Drive supplier consolidation, standardization, innovation and continuous improvement in collaboration with global category teams
- Deliver cost savings and value creation in line with global targets, supported by spend transparency, benchmarks, data and analytics
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, risk mitigation and overall supplier performance
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It didn't forbid nested lists. Could keep simple flat list with each bullet as a line. Simpler: just each line as
- . Might lose some structure but still preserve info. Let's do flat list for simplicity.
Thus:
Responsibilities
- Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks)
- Act as primary procurement partner for US Commercial and Medical stakeholders
- Translate global category strategies and guidelines into effective local execution
- Provide strategic input to ensure US requirements are reflected in global approaches
- Support delivery across:
- Commercial: Marketing, Communications, Events, Market Research & Data
- Market Access & Commercial Services: Pricing, HEOR, external sales force, commercialization strategy
- Medical Affairs: medical information, advisory boards, medical writing and patient engagement
- Execution of Sourcing Strategies (Global-to-Local)
- Execute sourcing activities in alignment with global category strategies and preferred supplier frameworks
- Lead local RFPs, negotiations, and contracting within defined governance
- Ensure consistent application of global tools, templates, and processes
- Identify and escalate gaps between global strategies and local business needs
- Supplier Management, Governance & Value Delivery
- Manage the US supplier landscape in alignment with global supplier strategies, preferred vendor models and category objectives
- Apply global procurement policies, governance frameworks, KPIs and performance management standards consistently in local execution
- Ensure compliance with US healthcare requirements and maintain audit-ready documentation aligned with global standards
- Drive supplier consolidation, standardization, innovation and continuous improvement in collaboration with global category teams
- Deliver cost savings and value creation in line with global targets, supported by spend transparency, benchmarks, data and analytics
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, risk mitigation and overall supplier performance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
- A minimum of 6 years’ experience in Procurement, Commercial or Medical support functions (Life Sciences preferred)
- Strong understanding of US market combined with experience in global operating models
- Proven ability to work in matrix organizations and balance global vs. local priorities
Pay
Expected Pay Range: $146,300 / year to $234,100 / year + benefits
- Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks)